Chagatai Khanate

The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol khanate that ruled over Central Asia from 1225 to 1346, fragmenting from the Mongol Empire in 1225 prior to the death of Genghis Khan. It was named for his second son Chagatai Khan, and the Chagatai Khanate took advantage of the civil war between Ariq Boke and Kublai Khan to seize additional lands from the main Mongol Empire, rebelling against Ariq Boke and taking over parts of his territory. The Chagatai Khanate raided the Delhi Sultanate of northern India and shifted further west to Transoxiana, but the Chagatai Khanate would be fragmented in 1346 when the local tribes rose up against the central government, with Amir Qazaghan of the Qara'unas overthrowing and killing khan Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur. The eastern Chagatai lands would survive for a few more centuries, with the Yarkent Khanate existing until 1705.